Appoint for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will make them your leaders.

你们要按着各支派选举有智慧、有见识、为众人所认识的，我立他们为你们的首领。’

你们要按着各支派选出有智慧、明辨是非、为人所知的人来，我就立他们为你们的领袖。’

你们要按着各支派选出有智慧、明辨是非、为人所知的人来，我就立他们为你们的领袖。’

你们要从各支派中选出有智慧、有见识、受尊重的人，我要立他们做你们的首领。’

你们要按着支派选出一些有智慧、有见识、有经验的人，我就立他们作你们的首领。’

你們要按着各支派選舉有智慧、有見識、為眾人所認識的，我立他們為你們的首領。』

你們要按着各支派選出有智慧、明辨是非、為人所知的人來，我就立他們為你們的領袖。』

你們要按着各支派選出有智慧、明辨是非、為人所知的人來，我就立他們為你們的領袖。』

你們要從各支派中選出有智慧、有見識、受尊重的人，我要立他們做你們的首領。』

你們要按著支派選出一些有智慧、有見識、有經驗的人，我就立他們作你們的首領。’

你們要按着族派舉出有智慧、有見識、有經驗的人，我就設立他們做你們的首領。」

當循爾之支派、簡眾所識之明哲練達人、我立之為爾長、

可於支派中、簡爾所識、智慧獨具者、我立之為長、治理爾曹。

爾當循爾各支派、選明哲有智慧眾所識之人、我立之為長、治理爾曹、

Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you.”

So choose some wise men from each of your tribes. They must understand how to give good advice. The people must have respect for them. I will appoint those men to have authority over you.”

Choose for your tribes wise, understanding, and experienced men, and I will appoint them as your heads.’

Choose some well respected men from each tribe who are known for their wisdom and understanding, and I will appoint them as your leaders.’

Obtain for yourselves men who are wise, discerning, and informed from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.’

Choose wise, understanding, and knowledgeable men from among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.’

Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.

Appoint for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will make them your leaders.

Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

Select wise and practical men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders.”

Take wise men of understanding who are respected among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”

But you should select from all the people able men, God-fearing, trustworthy, and hating dishonest profit. Place them over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

The LORD answered Moses,“ Bring me seventy men from Israel known to you as elders and officers of the people. Take them to the tent of meeting and have them stand there with you.Then I will come down and speak with you there. I will take some of the Spirit who is on you and put the Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.

The Twelve summoned the whole company of the disciples and said,“ It would not be right for us to give up preaching the word of God to wait on tables.Brothers and sisters, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we can appoint to this duty.But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”This proposal pleased the whole company. So they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a convert from Antioch.They had them stand before the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

“ Therefore, from among the men who have accompanied us during the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us—beginning from the baptism of John until the day he was taken up from us— from among these, it is necessary that one become a witness with us of his resurrection.”So they proposed two: Joseph, called Barsabbas, who was also known as Justus, and Matthias.